Retailers face a subdued festive season this year with squeezed consumers likelier to buy affordable items than luxuries. 8 Oct 2008
The National Association of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NAPM) is pleased to announce the appointment of its new Chairman, Dr Skhumbuzo Ngozwana. 6 Oct 2008
Consumers can expect some relief from rocketing food prices in the year ahead as bumper harvests worldwide signal that the worst of the global crisis might be over. Increases will slow and prices are expected to consolidate at higher levels once the dust settles. 3 Oct 2008
Woolworths advised its shareholders today that all the conditions precedent relating to the acquisition by Absa of 50% plus one share of the issued ordinary share capital of Woolworths Financial Services have now been fulfilled. 2 Oct 2008
Although September new vehicle sales were marginally up by about 2% over August, the total sales are still down by nearly 20% over the same month last year. 2 Oct 2008
Ryan Searle has been appointed General Manager: Audi Sales and Marketing effective 1 October 2008. 1 Oct 2008
A health disaster of unimaginable proportions looms in Harare after the water situation deteriorated even further this week, sparking fresh health concerns as an outbreak of cholera in Chitungwiza claimed two more lives lats week bringing the total number of deaths to 13 so far. 1 Oct 2008
New record prices for both red and white wines were set at the 23rd Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild Auction in Cape Town at the weekend with keen bidding from predominantly local, and an increasing contingent of international, buyers - resulting in a turnover just short of R5 million. 1 Oct 2008
Motorists will be able to breathe slightly easier from tomorrow as the price of petrol is expected to decrease at midnight on Tuesday, 30 September. 30 Sep 2008
There is no end in sight to the stand-off between the minerals and energy department and fuel retailers over the retail margin after the department on Friday announced a 2,6c/l increase in the margin — a move deemed inadequate by the industry. 29 Sep 2008
Clothing and textile manufacturer Seardel has finally clarified the extent of its expected losses for the year to June. 29 Sep 2008
The 2008 lineup of the Nedbank Cape Winemakers Guild (CWG) Auction to be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on Saturday, 27 September, has excelled at blind tastings by Wine Spectator in New York as well as Steve Tanzer's authoritative International Wine Cellar, with the majority of the wines breaking the venerable 90 point barrier. 26 Sep 2008
How the colours of fashion have changed. Red was once identified as being in fashion. Members of Royalty and the Church dressed in red. To be seen in the brightest of red was to identify oneself as an aristocrat. Neanderthals buried their dead with red ochre. It was the mark of vitality, or seen as a colour of magic. Seeking the Cochineal insect to make red dye resulted in invasions of South America, murder, political intrigue and ruthless laws to protect the secrets of the dye makers who were considered as tricksters of deception. 26 Sep 2008
While the used vehicle market has been severely affected by the slowdown in the economy, it has held up considerably better than the new vehicle market. 25 Sep 2008
Retail sales fell 4,6% in July compared with the same month last year the sharpest annual fall since records began a decade ago, fanning fears the key sector was sliding into a recession. 25 Sep 2008
Peugeot's 908 HDi, which was the runner-up at this year's Le Mans 24-hour endurance race, will be one of the star attractions at the Johannesburg International Motor Show which takes place at the national Exhibition Centre in Nasrec, Johannesburg, from Saturday 1 November through to Sunday 9 November 2008. 23 Sep 2008
The Road Accident Fund Amendment Act No 19 of 2005 which came into effect on August 1st this year have far reaching consequences for all road users,' says veteran financial planner and managing director of Fundamental Investments Ian Dodds. 23 Sep 2008
Despite the recent gloomy economic news and consumer credit crunch, consumers will still spend hundreds of billions of dollars this holiday season. For retailers, the countdown has already begun and now is the time to start thinking about your holiday marketing programs for the holiday push. Start in September and you have 100 days to grow your business. 23 Sep 2008
Advocates in India have persuaded Google and Microsoft to stop advertising gender selection products online. 22 Sep 2008
Overall income at the 34th Nederburg Auction in Paarl on Saturday, 20 September, fetched R4,79-million, compared with last year's R5,13-million. Auction organisers attributed this year's lower income as well as the lower average price of R1270 per nine-litre case - down 10% on last year - to the present economic conditions and highly competitive trading environment in the South African and international wine market. 22 Sep 2008
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